Hand Cramp
How Much Tonic Water Must You Drink to Ease Leg …
People took quinine pills for decades to prevent leg cramps. Quinine comes from the bark of the cinchona tree in South America. The dose was substantial--200 to 300 mg. Researchers have described the …
What Can You Do For Hand Cramps and Leg Cramps?
Most people have heard of leg cramps. They can strike in the middle of the night. Some people call a leg cramp a Charley Horse. But hand cramps can be just as painful and debilitating. This reader sha…
Reader Dismisses Mustard for Leg Cramps as Junk …
Q. I am disappointed in your response to the person who claimed that swallowing a teaspoonful of mustard cured severe leg cramps in two minutes. You agreed with the writer that it was most likely the …
Why Does Soap Soothe Nighttime Leg Cramps?
We admit that putting a bar of soap under the bottom sheet near your feet seems like a strange way to prevent leg cramps. Many health professionals insist that it is pure placebo. But we think there a…
Soap in Hand Relieves Cramps
Q. I am prone to very painful hand and finger cramps. When they strike, I massage them or run hot and cold water over the hands, but nothing works except time. Today my left hand was in terrible pain …